What to do if the lumbar disc causes leg numbness

I believe many people have experienced numbness in their calves and thighs, but the causes of this phenomenon are different. Some people experience leg numbness due to lumbar disc herniation, because in patients with lumbar disc herniation, the most common symptoms are lower back and leg pain and numbness. Even in serious cases, the patient can only stay in bed and cannot walk. How to solve leg numbness caused by lumbar disc?

The more typical symptom of lumbar disc herniation is low back and leg pain, which is usually more obvious in the early stages of the disease and becomes more severe as the disease worsens. Many patients with lumbar disc herniation experience less pain and begin to experience leg numbness. Many patients mistakenly believe that their condition has improved and relax their vigilance.

Patients with lumbar disc herniation experience paralysis symptoms because the lesion compresses the nerves. This is the difference between lumbar disc herniation and low back pain caused by lumbar muscle strain. When lumbar disc herniation occurs, the patient will experience radiating numbness and pain in the waist or lower limbs, from the waist to the ankles. The patient's most intuitive feeling is "like a tendon is being pulled downwards."

Lumbar disc herniation can be treated with conservative methods such as massage, traction, and injection in the early stages. At the same time, you should also sleep on a hard bed to reduce the pressure of body weight on the lumbar disc and relieve or eliminate the pain.

1. The simplest and most effective training method is to walk backwards for half an hour to an hour every day. When walking backwards, you must pay attention to whether there are any dangers behind you. Try to choose flat roads for training, do not walk on the highway, and be careful of the cars on the road and the potholes on the ground.

2. Lie flat on the ground or on the bed, then bend your feet as a fulcrum, and use your head and hands as support points. Slowly push your waist up. How high it is depends on how you feel at the time. Anyway, it's fine when you feel most comfortable. Maintain this posture for more than ten seconds, and then slowly lower your waist. Do this slowly for several times. The most important point is that the whole process must be done slowly. This can not only avoid waist injuries, but also sense the comfortable position of the waist more accurately. Do it once or twice a day.

3. Lie flat on the bed and apply a hot towel to the lumbar spine. You can use your hands to gently massage up and down along the entire vertebrae, or you can ask others for help. Be sure to cooperate with the hot compress, which has a more obvious effect. If conditions permit, you can apply hot mud to the waist, and then rub it up and down.

Traditional Chinese medicine is very effective in treating numbness in the legs and feet caused by lumbar spondylosis. If patients with lumbar spondylosis experience severe numbness in the legs and feet that is not relieved by activity, they need to have a timely check-up.